Gary Owen

Biography

Gary Owen is a Welsh playwright and screenwriter who won both the George Devine Award and the Meyer Whitworth Award for The Shadow of a Boy. Gary’s play Violence and Son will run at the Royal Court in June 2015, whilst his play Iphigenia in Splott opened at the Sherman Theatre, in May 2015, to five star reviews.

Gary's plays also include Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco, The Drowned World and Ghost City. He has also written Perfect Match, a comedy for Watford Palace Theatre where he is a creative associate. His plays have also won the Pearson Best Play Award and a Fringe First at Edinburgh. Gary also co-created two seasons Baker Boys, an original series for BBC Wales.

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Theatre

Writer

Joe and Anna have been together for nine years, and as far as he is concerned will stay together for another ninety. But the minute they set a date for the wedding, Anna has second thoughts. A new dating agency promises to scan the online persona of everyone in the world, guaranteeing to find your soul mate. Anna looks at Joe and wonders - can he really be her perfect match?